BEST LAID PLANS........

Yes. I really tried to keep up. but here it is January 15, Sunday and I am only about 10 days from where I wanted to be...oh well, if at first you don't succeed right. Well I am back and on to better things. It has been pretty boring or should I say normal. I have nothing to say really just alot of rambling. will be back tomorrow.

Day 4

Wednesday is finally over....only 2 more days till the weekend. and I get to go shopping this weekend. I am so excited about this gift basket thing I have planned, I just hope it works. I need to make some money and I think it will be awesome. I have a list of things I want to try but there are so many things to look for. baskets, buckets and such and then I am being invited to a baby shower for a friend and will give me a chance to make a diaper cake for her. I may make one this weekend just to try it out. Their theme is John Deere so it will be alot of fun to try to find baby toys that are that theme.

Day 3

We missed walking this morning. I wasn't feeling good and still didn't have any gloves. Way too cold without gloves. But then Robin slept right through it...So I guess we will try for tomorrow morning. I did get a pair of gloves so I am set to go. Talked to a friend at work today about my gift basket idea. She was very supportive. I think this will be something I can do. and possibly make a little money on them. She even said I could put some in the Nail salon that she works in. That will be very awesome. Now I just have to get the stuff together. I saw some things on you tube today that were just so cool I can't wait to try them I just need to get to the springs to get the stuff. Work was tough today. we were so busy and I didn't get as caught up as I thought I would. So I guess that is why there is tomorrows................

Day number 2!

Ok so far so good. Looking like this year is going to be a great one...at least so far. I got a call last night from Robin and yes we had our first walk of the new year. We met at 6 am and walked for about 15 minutes. didn't go very far because it was very COLD! I see when i got home it was only 19 degrees... I do need to find some gloves and a hat. my fingers were froze by the time we got back to the school. But I did do it and I plan to do it again in the morning. I weighed myself this morning and oddly enough since August and September when I had all my teeth pulled and by the way still waiting for the bottom partial to show up . I haven't been able to eat alot of the things good for you and have eaten some of the worst things possible but ....but ..... I have only gained 6 pounds since then. Monday Jan. 2 I weighed in at 256.6 lbs. more to come later.

BACK AGAIN!

Here it is January 1st 2012!!!!! I have been away for a very long time. But one of my resolutions is to keep up with my blog and work weekly on my website. In June of 2010, Marie and I decided to open our dream store and it did happen..only problem was Marie decided after we got open to take off for Florida. So it has been a year and a half now and I am still there. I did meet a woman a while back that helped me set up a website. I just never seem to have the time to update it but I am going to make a real effort to get back to working on it and posting things on there. I want to go to as many craft shows this year as I can manage. I want to get the store out there and hopefully get it to grow some. I want to do more of the kids kraft time. It went really well when we did do it and it was fun. Would really like to see it grow some. Well, anyway. I am back and going forward. Happy New Year and I will be back tomorrow. Website--www.krafteekorner.com come see me sometime....

Quick challenge

This card I made for the challenge on MY PINK STAMPER. I rearranged my craft room this weekend and got everything to the point where it is accessable. I love it. And I do plan to use some (alot) of my paper and embellishments. I am not going to buy anything new for a long time..Rearranging can really open your eyes.

This one I made with the same sheets of paper..Amazing how many cards you can get from 2 sheets of paper.

New Year's Resolutions!

1. To use up alot of my scrapbooking and card making supplies.
2. To do more scrapbooking
3. To make more cards (and send them)
4. To lose the last 30..38 lbs I need to lose.
5. To walk at least 3 days a week (with Robin).
I guess that's enough for now. Oh wait..6. To take more pictures. (thanks again Becca for the new camera. I love it!!!)

(As long as they are posted, I might make it a point to make them work.)

New Years Resolutions!

Here it is already the 3rd of January...2010!!!! I would have never thought I would even see 2010. I remember growing up and thinking the year 2000 was so far away. Well anyway.... We made it through the holidays. Wasn't all bad. First we had Christmas with my sister and her family with my mom the week before Christmas. Then we tried to have Christmas with my daughter and her family on Christmas...but it snowed!.. We finally made it to Chuck E. Cheese for Romello's birthday on the 27th. It was alot of fun..if you are 2. HA!. I think he had a good time. He was really tired when it was all over but he did get a hug from Chuck himself.

FAMILY CHRISTMAS

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Get Sketchy Challenge 16

Love this sketch and love working with these colors. Just because is from Wild Card cartridge.

25 Days of Christmas

This is my project for Christmas for the grandkids. I worked hard on it for a long time in my mind. I knew it had to work. The guys at work supplied the boxes. And I think it turned out pretty well. Thanks to the Designer Calendar cartridge for the Cricut. Saved me so much time.

The end of a great long weekend

Here it is Sunday afternoon and my great weekend is almost over. We did go to CS yesterday and got to see the grandkids and took Harley out to lunch with us. She is such a great kid. We did have a good time. At least I did. I love to go shopping with her. We have so many of the same interests.
Back to work again tomorrow. Walking again at 6 with Robin. A full week ahead.

Just Buggin Challenge #13

This is my entry in the Just Buggin Challenge #13 Sew it.
I used the Christmas Cheer Cartridge and did faux stitching on the HO HO HO with stickles. Hard to see in the picture but looks pretty good in person.
Thanks for looking.
Also entering this card in the Cricut Card Challenge #3. This challenge was to do a Christmas card in pink and green and white. I love these colors, not traditional Christmas, but I really like the way they look together.

Thanksgiving Day

It has been a pretty good Thanksgiving day. We spent it with Mom. We had sandwiches and crackers and veggies for lunch. Nothing fancy but also no cleanup. Then Mom had made some peanut butter balls and I got to dip them in the chocolate. Kind of fun. I kept from eating any. But when she used the leftover chocolate to make peanut clusters I couldn't resist. BUT. I only had one. I still think I am doing pretty good. Haven't gained any weight yet. But Christmas isn't here yet. Just have to keep up with the early morning walks with Robin. I kind of missed going this morning. I hope she is having a good day with her family. She was nervous but really looking forward to it I think.

Thanksgiving Eve!

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving day. We will be going to Moms and spending the day with her. Everyone else is going different places.. I guess you could call Thanksgiving Day, the in-law day. We always spent the day with my in-laws and Christmas with my parents. Now Becci is spending time with her in-laws and hopefully with us on Christmas. Don't know why it works that way but it seems to every year. I miss seeing them but I should be able to see them this weekend. And tomorrow Mom and I are going to work on their advent calendar. Something I always wanted to do and decided with my Cricut and help from Mom I can do it this year. Will post pictures when complete. My ideas are big but I think I can make it work.

Got a card this week from my newly re-connected cousin in Washington. It's awesome to finally get to know these people that I've known all my life but families drifted apart so long ago.

Thanksgiving week!

It's Monday again. But it's going to be a short week. I am going to have 4 days off . A once a year thing. I am just going to spend time in the basement creating. Following some blogs with some awesome challenges. I love challenges. They make me think and create. and try new things that I wouldn't otherwise try.
Like this morning, I met Robin at the school track and we walked the track 4 times.. a mile ya know. Odd thing about this was it was 6 am in the morning. It was so cold and windy. But I did it. She kept pushing me for that last time around. But tonight I am very tired and she wants to go again in the morning.

GET SKETCHY CHALLENGE 15

This is my entry into the Get Sketchy Challenge. Loved the sketch and just had to try it. I really enjoyed making the card and love to follow sketches.

Triple Whammy-Challenge 12

This is my attempt at the Triple Whammy challenge on 'Just Buggin'. This is my first attempt at a challenge. Circle and scallop were cut with Mini Monograms and Happy Thanksgiving was cut from Wild Card. It's for my 15 yr old grandaughter so used some stickles for the bling.

November 20, 2009

Well, it's almost Thanksgiving. SOOOOOOOOOO SOOOOOOOOOOOON
I can't believe this year is almost over. It seems like I have been with Weight Watchers forever!
I finally lost 70 lbs. and feel pretty good about it. People around town have been noticing finally. They have no idea how good it makes someone feel to have people notice. I'm sure some don't like to talk about it or well, I don't know why they would. I love to tell people how I've lost the weight.
It has been really easy up to now. They quit having meetings here in town, that was hard. I really needed the meetings to keep the accountability up and the encouragment going. So I have tried for about a month and a half to go to Colorado Springs for meetings. and they help but I just don't have the will power to go every Saturday. I do enjoy my time off from work and don't like spending every weekend in the city. Seems I can't go without shopping and that just costs more than I want to spend this close to Christmas. So I am going to try to maintain my weight as it is right now until January. I know I can make it through the holidays without gaining (much anyway).
Maybe blogging will help keep my mind on my weight and not gain so much that I have to buy back my fat clothes from the second hand store. no way is that going to happen!!!!

The end of August!!

Here it is the end of August. Where has the summer gone???
I have been so busy and hardly noticed it was summer. But to let you know I've been busy with alot of things. Just not scrapbooking.. But now I'm ready to get back to the pictures and the paper.
Starting at the end of February I found Weight Watchers. What a life saver. Now it's the end of August and I am 54 pounds lighter. Still some to go but it goes pretty fast. I will be posting a picture when I get closer to my goal. Hopefully I will be there by Christmas. Hopefully!!!!
Well, till next time.